We have well water on old coal mine ground. Very nasty smells and tastes. Would this clear up all that and have good drinking water?
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We don't have the same water source that you do but we are very pleased with the product. The water tastes wonderful.
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I don't know. Why don't you pose the question to the maker, Watts Premier? premierh2o.com
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Hi Sue - You might want to call Watts Premier and ask. I got a water testing kit to test our water before/after installation. It doesn't do quite as good as they claimed, but it's much better than nothing. We are on city water, not a well. You might want to get a water softener to run the water through that first, then the 5-stage for drinking. The water softener might cut the hardness before it hits the filter system.
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As I know it a RO filtration system will remove 96% of all contaminates. You probably have no better choice. We have 2 one at work and one at home and these are used exclusively for drinking water and ice maker water. They have both worked great and once you see what just the prefilter removes you will be amazed. I would highly recommend and RO system even if you think you have good water. Our employees haul water home.
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I don't know what's in your water, but we have this one on the Cape, which makes the salty-tinny summer water more palatable. And we have a 5-stage sytem up in the White Mountains where our water used to tase and smell awful -- sulfur and iron. Now it's perfect!
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I use it to getl rid of smells in a car or room. Don't allow it to be inhaled directley or it may do perminate damage to your lungs. I used it to ozinate water for drinking while in calif. for 3 months. Now that I'm home in Idaho I use my older ozone machine that isn't as powerful. My old one makes the water taste like mountian spring water. The new on is way stronger in taste. The new one works great for bad smells.
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The machine works well with well water. However, the purpose of the machine is to make water alkaline. Filtering your water depends on what is in it. You should have a test done.
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The contaminants it filters are listed on the specification sheet. If they are not listed then I would assume they aren't filtered. I don't know what you mean by "bad well water". I had a domestic water well in New Mexico and had to treat the water to prevent mineral stains and red iron deposits. I used a water softening system to do that. I use the Shower Filter for our water in Marin County to filter the chemicals used by the water district. I forgot to replace the filter at six months and my skin began to break out again. Within 3 showers after replacing the filter my skin started recovering and now after about ten days it is totally clear. This reinforces the experience I had after initially installing the shower filter. My skin cleared in about two weeks. This was after several years of using prescription steroid creams and other treatments to clear my skin. I don't use anything now but a dry skin lotion.
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This is all I have used and I will say that I get more life out of it that it claims and our well water is loaded with very fine sand or filings and it has a very bad sulfur smell but this filter took care of the problem. It has worked better than any other I have tried so far from either HomeDepot, Lowes and Tractor Supply also sells the big filters. Try one and you will see how good it works.
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I think these are meant more for survival situations where you are dealing with contaminated water. Most water filters can remove bad tasting chemicals (chlorine) and contaminants from tap water, but they are not guaranteed to remove bacteria and contaminants from standing water. I purchased them for my survival pack, but after reading all the warnings (can cause blindness, handle with gloves, wash clothes immediately after using), I decided this is probably something I shouldn't keep in close proximity with all of my other equipment.
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We have both city water for drinking and well water for our farm. For city water it works well. It removes the chlorine for sure as well as most elements.
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I am ready to call it quits because as soon as I clean it, and get it filled with clean water, it starts to get a funky sulphur taste and smell again. I have boiled the rocks many times and have now stopped adding them to the bottom layer but now it filters extremely slowly so I do not have a reliable source of clean water to drink. I'm very disappointed with the time cleaning and then re=cleaning. I have only had this system for a little over two months so it is not that dirty. I can't recommend this system although I would like to.....and if it doesn't filter out flouride, what's the point? I am ready to call it quits because as soon as I clean it, and get it filled with clean water, it starts to get a funky sulphur taste and smell again. I have boiled the rocks many times and have now stopped adding them to the bottom layer but now it filters extremely slowly so I do not have a reliable source of clean water to drink. I'm very disappointed with the time cleaning and then re=cleaning. I have only had this system for a little over two months so it is not that dirty. I can't recommend this system although I would like to.....and if it doesn't filter out flouride, what's the point?
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I would not recommend to use it for drinking water. I love to use it for my pool and it works nicely. For your drinking water you want to have a test kit for additional elements as e-coli, lead, nitrates, pesticides, hydrogen sulfide. Hope that helps.
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the charcoal is safe to drink in small amounts , but try running the filter through a few times to get clear water. Mine did not have any blackness to it after I rinsed it a few times. if it continues , then i would replace the filter or send it back to get a replacement filter.
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We use county tap water and/or reverse osmosis water. It has a filter. I assumed it's purpose is to filter impurities. If you are using well water with a high iron content, that may reduce the life of the filter.
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In my experience with water that had a moderate level of chlorine, it had removed it well. I've never had any taste make it through the filter other than crisp water.
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The water doesn't have any taste that i can discern. There is a charcoal filter in the spout that should remove any bad taste
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It must be your water. We have pretty pure well water. Try filtering first.
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From my experience with this filtration system, this water tastes clean if the filter is clean. If the filter needs changing, the taste will definitely let you know....the water will not taste good. As far as distilled water is concerned, I don't know that much about it, but from the little I've heard it removes some "good" things from the water that your body should have. Perhaps that doesn't matter if the water is being used in a Netti-pot......?
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i don't know about well water, but it is supposed to remove everything from tap water.
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I do not know. We have a well and the water does not have any fluoride that I know of. The directions for the unit does not say whether or not it removes fluoride.